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Teachers in strike ballot over lack of action to reduce ‘crippling’ workload

Teachers are to be balloted for strike action over their “crippling” workload, with union leaders insisting the Scottish Government and councils have “dithered” and “delayed” over plans to cut the time spent in classrooms. The EIS said it had been ...

08 Oct 2025 at 19:51

Scotland

Teacher ballot on strike action to open over contact time dispute

Members of Scotland’s largest teaching union are being urged to back strike action over a dispute on class contact time. The SNP pledged in its manifesto ahead of the 2021 election to reduce contact time to 21 hours per week, but EIS general ...

12 Nov 2025 at 00:01

Scotland

Teacher workload ‘not sustainable’ union says as strike action ballot opens

It is “simply not sustainable” for teachers to spend so much of their own time tackling their workload, a union chief has said, as she urged members to back strike action over a dispute on class contact time. The SNP pledged in its ...

12 Nov 2025 at 08:37

Scotland

Teachers to be reballoted after turnout means EIS fails to win strike mandate

Scotland’s largest teaching union is to reballot members as part of a dispute over “excessive” workloads – with the union also hitting out at “restrictive” laws which meant it failed to win a mandate for strike action. A total of ...

16 Jan 2026 at 16:40

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